degree of political risk long-term after the fiscal cliff deadline has passed. so, how will that affect the market on the economy in terms of spending cuts? >> well, my fear is that the compromise will be that we get the tax increases and they postpone the spending cuts and that's the ultimate objective. >> yes he. >> and you know, that is something that the economy will recover from and something will adjust to. remember, about half of the increased taxes on the average individual come from simply the roll off of that fica tax break we received the last two years, so, you know, the tax increases inasmuch as you think, but we push these things to crisis because the politicians, the lobbyists every chance to donate to their campaign and that's why everything is a crisis. three out of the last four years we've gone into the new year not knowing what the tax rates are, and i will be particularly disappointed if we get a 12-month patch and get to do it again the end of this year. >> well, you know, we have the spending cuts, we have the tax increases and we also hav